Example sentences of "but [pers pn] happen to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally I ask for an appointment , but I happened to be passing and saw the lights — and the chopper . |
| 2 | But I happen to be living here . ’ |
| 3 | I 've been bald from a very early age , but I happen to be in the hairdressing industry and I travel all over the world teaching . |
| 4 | Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally . |
| 5 | ‘ History is going to be my subject — modern history — Of course it 's a frightfully easy degree , but it happens to be what I 'm most interested in ’ ( even as she was uttering the words she was aghast ) , ‘ that , and literature naturally , and political journalism . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I know it may sound corny , but it happens to be true . |
| 7 | Perhaps you find that hard to believe , but it happens to be true . |
| 8 | Adam may have extended the invitation , but it happens to be my house . ’ |
| 9 | It may sound like a story from Boy 's Own Annual but it happens to be true . |
| 10 | ‘ No , ’ I agreed , ‘ but it happens to be true . ’ |
| 11 | So waits now as Lawrence comes up and bowls to him and this , oooh off the edge and that 's going down up towards the third man , going over the ropes down the far end and and that 's one boundary there off the edge at one hundred and thirteen for four , Lawrence wo n't be to happy about that , but it happens to all fast bowlers . |
| 12 | It was a subjective , not an objective view ; but it happened to be the attitude of a man living in the kingdom which harboured Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 13 | But it happened to be true . ’ |
| 14 | No one mentioned it was essential training as a motoring correspondent to have a car crash , but it happened to me in the same gruesome circumstances that confront hundreds of motorists every week . |
| 15 | I could tell you my story up until then , but it happened to someone else , an imaginary character . ’ |
| 16 | erm I ca n't roll them off and I do n't know if it applies in all of them , but it happened to me in Italy that erm I was fined on the spot . |